Saturday, January 28, 2012

Penelope Cruz Biography,Wallpapers And Movies

Penelope Cruz Sanchez height 5'6" known as Madonna of Madrid born April 28,1974 is a Spanish actress.Born in Madrid to Eduardo(retailer) and Encarna(hairdresser). She is the oldest of the three siblings , her younger brother Eduardo is a singer and her younger sister Monica is an actress.At the age of 15 Cruz made her acting debut in a Spanish pop song video.After studying ballet and jazz for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she jumped into acting in year 1992.At the age of 18, she made her first film debut in a comedy drama film Jamon,jamon and in the same year she appeared in another academy award winning movie Belle Époque .In the movie Jamon, jamon she played the role of a  poor daughter of a village prostitute while in the latter she appeared as one of the four lusty daughters of a wealthy man. In the movie Jamon,jamon she appeared nude and had to do erotic scenes.Belle Epoque proved to be a big success as it received large number of awards and an Oscar for best foreign film  and this gave Penelope international recognition.From year 1993 to 1996 Cruz appeared in several Spanish  and Italian movies and made her first appearence  in English movie 'The Hi-Lo Country' in year 1998. Suddenly her career began to rise with her roles in 'All the Pretty Horses' in year 2000 and Blow in year 2001.Thus she became a prominent face in Hollywood industry and appeared in her first biggest Hollywood movie the fourth Pirates of  the Caribbean film:''Pirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides" in the year 2011.
        Regarding Cruz personal life ,she had three year relationship with Tom Cruise which ended in January 2004 then she dated actor Matthew McConaughey from February 2005 to June 2006.Cruz dated co-star Javier Bardem in 2007 and married him in early July 2010 at a friend's home in Bahamas.Cruz gave birth to her first child Leo on 22,January 2011.
Movie/Year/Character:
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides/2011/Angelica
Sex and the City 2/ 2010 /Carmen Garcia Carrion
Nine /2009/ Carla
G-Force /2009 /Juarez
Broken Embraces/ 2009/ Lena
Vicky Cristina Barcelona /2008 /Maria Elena
Elegy/2008 /Consuela Castillo
The Good Night/2007 /Anna / Melodia
The Passion Within /2007/ Lupe Sino
Volver /2006/ Raimunda
Bandidas /2006 /Maria Alvarez
Chromophobia /2005 /Gloria
Sahara /2005/ Eva Rojas
Noel /2004/ Nina Vasquez
Head in the Clouds /2004/ Mia
Non ti muovere /2004/ Italia
Gothika /2003/ Chloe Sava
Fanfan la tulipe /2003/ Adeline La Franchise
Masked and Anonymous /2003/ Pagan Lace
Waking Up in Reno /2002/ Brenda – Spanish Woman
Vanilla Sky /2001/ Sofia Serrano
Sin noticias de Dios /2001/ Carmen Ramos
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin /2001/ Pelagia
Blow /2001/ Mirtha Jung
All the Pretty Horses /2000/ Alejandra
Woman on Top /2000/ Isabella Oliveira
Volavérunt /1999/ Pepita Tudó
All About My Mother /1999/ Hermana Rosa
The Hi-Lo Country /1998/ Josepha O’Neil
The Girl of Your Dreams /1998/ Macarena Granada
Talk of Angels /1998/ Pilar (as Penelope Cruz)
If Only… /1998/Louise
Don Juan /1998/ Mathurine
Abre los ojos /1997 /Sofía
Carne trémula /1997/Isabel Plaza Caballero
A Scent of Paradise /1997/ Doña Helena
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health/ 1996/ Diana Balaguer
Not Love, Just Frenzy /1996/ Laura
La Celestina /1996/ Melibea
Brujas /1996/ Patricia
El efecto mariposa /1995 /Party guest
Entre rojas /1995/ Lucía
Todo es mentira /1994/ Lucía
Alegre ma non troppo /1994 /Salomé
La ribelle /1993/ Enza
The Greek Labyrinth /1993/Elisa
Per amore, solo per amore/ 1993 /Mary
Belle epoque /1992/ Luz
Jamón, jamón /1992 /Silvia






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